The National Basketball League (NBL) (in Bulgarian: Националната баскетболна лига) is the highest-level professional basketball league in Bulgaria. The current league was founded in 2008, though the first-tier level existed since 1942 and was previously called the Bulgarian A Division. The games in the NBL are played under FIBA rules.

The most successful team in NBL history is PBC Academic, which has won 26 national titles.

Current teams ClubLast seasonArenaLocationCapacityAcademic PlovdivAkademik in NBL 9thSILA HallPlovdiv1,600Balkan BotevgradBalkan in NBL 1stArena BotevgradBotevgrad4,500BeroeBeroe in NBL 8thMunicipal HallStara Zagora800Botev VratsaBotev in NBL 5thArena BotevgradBotevgrad4,500Cherno More TichaCherno More in NBL 4thHristo Borisov HallVarna800Kongresna Hall5,116CSKA SofiaCSKA in NBL N/ACSKASofia450Minyor 2015Minyor 2015 in NBL 7thBoris Gyuderov HallPernik1,700LevskiLevski in NBL 10thTriaditsa HallSofia530Lokomotiv PlovdivLokomotiv in NBL 2ndSILA HallPlovdiv1,600PolytechnicaCSKA in NBL N/ADupnitsa Sports HallDupnitsa1,505Rilski SportistRilski Sportist in NBL 3rdArena SamelyonSamokov3,000Arena Samokov2,500ShumenShumen in NBL 11thArena ShumenShumen1,500Spartak PlevenSpartak in NBL 6thBalkanstroy HallPleven1,000YambolYambol in NBL N/ADianaYambol1,800

Title holders

1942 Levski Sofia 1943 JSK Sofia 1945 PSK Levski '45 1946 PSK Levski '45 1947 PSK Levski '45 1947–48 Lokomotiv Sofia 1948–49 CDNV Sofia 1949–50 Narodna voiska Sofia 1950–51 CDNV Sofia 1951–52 Udarnik Sofia 1952–53 Udarnik Sofia 1953–54 Spartak Sofia 1954–55 Lokomotiv Sofia 1955–56 Spartak Sofia 1956–57 Academic 1957–58 Academic 1958–59 Academic 1959–60 Spartak Sofia 1960–61 Lokomotiv Sofia 1961–62 Spartak Sofia 1962–63 Academic 1963–64 Lokomotiv Sofia 1964–65 CSKA Cherveno zname 1965–66 Lokomotiv Sofia 1966–67 CSKA Cherveno zname 1967–68 Academic 1968–69 Academic 1969–70 Academic 1970–71 Academic 1971–72 Academic 1972–73 Academic 1973–74 Balkan Botevgrad 1974–75 Academic 1975–76 Academic 1976–77 CSKA Septemvriisko zname 1977–78 Levski-Spartak 1978–79 Levski-Spartak 1979–80 CSKA Sofia 1980–81 Levski-Spartak 1981–82 Levski-Spartak 1982–83 CSKA Sofia 1983–84 CSKA Sofia 1984–85 Akademik Varna 1985–86 Levski-Spartak 1986–87 Balkan Botevgrad 1987–88 Balkan Botevgrad 1988–89 Balkan Botevgrad 1989–90 CSKA Sofia 1990–91 CSKA Sofia 1991–92 CSKA Sofia 1992–93 Levski Sofia 1993–94 Levski Sofia 1994–95 Spartak Pleven 1995–96 Spartak Pleven 1996–97 Slavia Sofia 1997–98 Cherno More Varna 1998–99 Cherno More Varna 1999–00 Levski Sofia 2000–01 Levski Sofia 2001–02 Yambolgas 2002–03 Lukoil Academic 2003–04 Lukoil Academic 2004–05 Lukoil Academic 2005–06 Lukoil Academic 2006–07 Lukoil Academic 2007–08 Lukoil Academic 2008–09 Lukoil Academic 2009–10 Lukoil Academic 2010–11 Lukoil Academic 2011–12 Lukoil Academic 2012–13 Lukoil Academic 2013–14 Levski Sofia 2014–15 Lukoil Academic 2015–16 Lukoil Academic 2016–17 Lukoil Academic 2017–18 Levski Sofia 2018–19 Balkan Botevgrad 2019–20 Abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria 2020–21 Levski-Lukoil Sofia 2021–22 Balkan Botevgrad 2022–23 Balkan Botevgrad 2023–24 Rilski Sportist 2024–25 Rilski Sportist 2025–26 Balkan Botevgrad

Holders by year

Titles by club Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Academic Sofia 26 10 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 Levski Sofia 16 21 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2014, 2018, 2021 CSKA Sofia 12 15 1949, 1950, 1951, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992 Balkan Botevgrad 8 6 1974, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2026 Lokomotiv Sofia 6 5 1943, 1948, 1955, 1961, 1964, 1966 Spartak Sofia 4 2 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962 Slavia Sofia 3 4 1952, 1953, 1997 Cherno More Port Varna 3 8 1985, 1998, 1999 Rilski Sportist 2 2 2024, 2025 Spartak Pleven 2 1 1995, 1996 Yambol 1 1 2002

Latest finals Season Champions Score Runners-Up 2000–01 Levski3–0 Yambol 2001–02 Yambol3–0 Lukoil Academic 2002–03 Lukoil Academic3–0 Levski 2003–04 Lukoil Academic3–0 CSKA 2004–05 Lukoil Academic3–0 CSKA 2005–06 Lukoil Academic3–0 Cherno More 2006–07 Lukoil Academic3–0 CSKA 2007–08 Lukoil Academic3–0 Balkan 2008–09 Lukoil Academic3–1 Cherno More 2009–10 Lukoil Academic3–1 Levski 2010–11 Lukoil Academic3–0 Levski 2011–12 Lukoil Academic3–0 Levski 2012–13 Lukoil Academic3–2 Levski 2013–14 Levski3–2 Lukoil Academic 2014–15 Lukoil Academic3–2 Balkan 2015–16 Lukoil Academic3–0 Balkan 2016–17 Lukoil Academic3–1 Beroe 2017–18 Levski3–1 Balkan 2018–19 Balkan3–1 Levski 2020–21 Levski4–1 Rilski Sportist 2021–22 Balkan3–1 Rilski Sportist 2022–23 Balkan3–0 Chernomorets2023–24Rilski Sportist3–1Balkan2024–25Rilski Sportist3–1Cherno More 2025–26 Balkan3–2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv

See also Bulgarian Basketball All-Star Game

References

External links bgbasket.com Official Website Eurobasket.com League Page